School: Fleasgach (roll number 15842)

Location:
Flaskagh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 442

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  2. One night a fox entered a hen cabin through a hole in the door. He killed and ate as much hens as he possibly could and when he tried to make his escape through the hole in the door he found he was too fat. He lay down on the floor of the cabin and he pretended he was dead. Next morning when the farmer went to let out his hens he saw the fox lying on the floor of the cabin and he thought he was dead. He
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